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The Souls On Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight

The Souls On Jacobs Ladder 5 Signed Print

The Souls On Jacobs Ladder 5

Damien Hirst

The Souls On Jacobs Ladder 5
Signed Print

Name: The Souls On Jacobs Ladder 5
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (233 reviews)

Damien Hirst

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$16,000-$24,000 Value Indicator

6% AAGR

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Medium: Intaglio

Edition size: 72

Year: 2007

Size: H 120cm x W 108cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Damien Hirst's The Souls On Jacobs Ladder 5 (signed) from 2007, an intaglio print, is estimated to be worth between £12,000 and £18,000. This artwork has sold 3 times at auction since its initial sale on 4th June 2011. The most recent sale was in the last 12 months, with an average selling price of £13,870. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £13,870 in October 2024 to £14,474 in April 2024. The average annual growth rate of this work is 6%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 72.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
October 2024	Christie's New York	United States
April 2024	Christie's New York	United States
September 2017	Sotheby's Online	United Kingdom
June 2011	Ketterer Kunst Hamburg	Germany

Meaning & Analysis

The Souls On Jacob’s Ladder 5 is an intaglio print from Damien Hirst’s The Souls On Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight series from 2007. The print shows an image of a butterfly with its wings outspread, set against a black backdrop. The butterfly is coloured with glowing shades of purple and has a luminous quality that stands out against the dark background.

Depicted in beautifully rich detail, the butterfly in the centre of the composition is striking in its colouring and its mimetic quality. Hirst’s concern with depicting his chosen subject matter in photographic detail stems from his work on ‘fact’ painting beginning in 2000. The artist’s aim with such works was to attempt to reproduce photographs in the traditional medium of oil on canvas. The realistic image of the butterfly plays with Hirst’s concern around facts and truth that photographs are assumed to depict.

The butterfly motif is a prominent figure that Hirst has used throughout his career to bring together themes around morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics. Speaking of his obsession with butterflies Hirst has explained, “I think rather than be personal you have to find universal triggers: everyone’s frightened of glass, everyone’s frightened of sharks, everyone loves butterflies.”

Damien Hirst, born in Bristol in 1965, is often hailed the enfant terrible of the contemporary art world. His provocative works challenge conventions and his conceptual brilliance spans installations, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring themes of mortality and the human experience. As a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late '80s, Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene for decades and has become renowned for being laced with controversy, thus shaping the dialogue of modern art.

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